Retrofit Films, an award-winning digital production company in Los Angeles, announced earlier today that Ryan Copple has joined the executive management team as VP of Digital Development. Copple brings to the company an expertise in digital series development, strategy and production with partnerships at BBC Worldwide, Syfy, E One, Muse Entertainment and Content Media, among others. Read the rest of this entry »

Credit and debit card processor Moneris Solutions® has announced the launch of an integrated mobile payment processing solution designed for mid-size and large merchants. Built to encase Apple iPhone or iPod touch devices using a Wi-Fi connection, the solution combines Moneris’ POSPAD software and iSMP hardware by Ingenico® to provide the security and simplicity retailers and developers need to quickly enable mobile payment and point-of-sale cash register features. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian men and women may agree that July’s scorching temperatures have been too hot to handle, but a survey of moviegoers tell us they have very different ideas about how they’d like to spend these steamy days and nights. Asked by Cineplex Entertainment to name the movie that best represents their ideal summer, 40% of women chose the romance of Dirty Dancing. Twenty-six per cent of men, on the other hand, favoured the debauchery of American Pie. Read the rest of this entry »

eBay Canada put out the call today for sellers to enter its 8th annual eBay Canada Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, a program that recognizes and rewards Canada’s most successful and innovative eBay sellers. This year, in addition to the highly-coveted Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Canada will also crown winners in two new categories: Fashion-preneur and International-preneur of the Year. Read the rest of this entry »

Shaw Media and Insight Productions announced today that a national casting call for the first Canadian edition of the international smash-hit reality series, Big Brother, will begin on August 1, 2012. This announcement comes on the heels of Shaw Media sealing a deal with Endemol to produce the first-ever Canadian installment of the wildly popular international sensation. Canadians 19 years and older will have the option to apply online and in person at open casting calls at select cities across Canada. Online applications will be available online, and the submission deadline is October 16, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Ottawa-based Snowed In Studios has officially released the first gameplay video for Windforge, a building-block RPG for PC. Supported by the OMDC Interactive Digital Media Fund, Windforge is currently in development at Snowed In, and is scheduled for release later this year. Read the rest of this entry »